July 20, 2014: Daniel Pomerantz, 20, was killed by Palestinian fighters during Operation Protective Edge military offensive.
Daniel was a soldier who was killed in gun battles with Palestinian fighters, after the army invaded the Sheja’eyya neighborhood, in Gaza city.
The Israeli army issued a statement confirming that seven soldiers were killed when an anti-tank missile struck their armored vehicle.
The number of soldiers killed in the same incident includes a soldier who was severely injured, and died from his wounds five days later. Daniel was from Kfar Azar Moshav of Ef’al Regional Council, in Ono Valley, in central Israel. Source: Haaretz